88S30301 MZM-D     By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 36       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to waiving certain driver's license fees for applicants   who are first responders.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 521.1813 to read as follows:          Sec. 521.1813.  WAIVER OF CERTAIN FEES FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.   (a) In this section, "first responder" means:                (1)  a peace officer, as defined by Article 2.12, Code   of Criminal Procedure, whose duties include responding rapidly to   an emergency;                (2)  fire protection personnel, as defined by Section   419.021, Government Code;                (3)  a volunteer firefighter who performs firefighting   duties on behalf of a political subdivision and who is not serving   as a member of the legislature or holding a statewide elected   office;                (4)  an ambulance driver; or                (5)  an individual certified as emergency medical   services personnel by the Department of State Health Services.          (b)  A person is exempt from the payment of any fee for the   issuance of an original or renewal driver's license, as provided   under this chapter, if at the time of the application for an   original or renewal driver's license the person submits to the   department satisfactory evidence that the person is a first   responder.          (c)  The department shall establish a record of the amount of   the fees waived under this section that would otherwise be   deposited to the credit of the Texas mobility fund.          (d)  On or before the fifth workday of each month, the   department, using available funds, shall remit to the comptroller   for deposit to the credit of the Texas mobility fund general revenue   in an amount equal to the amount of the fees described by Subsection   (c) in the preceding month.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an application for an original or renewal driver's license   submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An   application submitted before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the   last day of the legislative session.